Modified shroud technique for releasing 800 gram balloon. Out of the inflation shelter. The shroud is still on. Lower image - The shroud is being slipped off .

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The shroud is off and the balloon is released.

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Technique for balloon release in high winds. Ed Velie and Charles Trainer open the balloon shelter doors. Bottom image - Charles Roberts comes out of the shelter with an 800 gram balloon with the shroud still on.

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The shroud slides off and the balloon is released. Bottom image - Away at 33 knots!

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A Douglas R4D-5 aircraft crash-landed when its starboard landing gear collapsed on landing on September 15, 1959. There were no fatalities. This must have been a medical evacuation or similar trip as the caption refers to it as a " mercy plane." The aircraft was attached to Antarctic flight squadron VX-6.

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Mysterious tracks discovered 13 October 1958. What could they be from?

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The mystery is solved. The tracks led to the first Adelie penguin of the season Soon there over 80,000 birds all about the place.

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Cirrostratus and cirrocumulus - very high.

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Cartoon joking about the relatively "warm" temperatures at Cape Hallett as compared to other stations on the Antarctic continent. Drawn by Brian Reid, the station artist.

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The long sunset leading up to the long Antarctic night. Final photograph of the report.

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CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) and water sampling operations off of the KAPITAN DRANITSKY. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

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A bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on the ice. Bearded seals are the largest of Arctic seals and are named for their bushy whiskers which form a sensory moustache. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

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Drilling through the ice to obtain ice cores. The ice at this location was about 1.1 meters thick. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

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A buoy awaiting deployment. The KAPITAN DRANITSYN is in the background. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

The marine profiling instruments are set up to motor up and down the cable to prescribed depths. Special bumpers are positioned at both ends of the profile range. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

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A full moon over Arctic ice. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

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A full moon over Arctic ice. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

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Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Although these birds look superficially like seagulls, they are more closely related to petrels. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

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Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Although these birds look superficially like seagulls, they are more closely related to petrels. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

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With no gangway available, scientists and crew had to be hoisted from the ship to the ice. NABOS 2006. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/